[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42480-42482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10629]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0338]


National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; June 2024 
Meeting 7

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of open of Federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee

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(Committee) and its subcommittees will conduct a series of meetings 
over 2 days in Galveston, Texas to discuss issues relating to medical 
certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of 
registry, merchant mariners' documents, and merchant mariner 
credentials; medical standards and guidelines for the physical 
qualifications of operators of commercial vessels; medical examiner 
education; and medical research.

DATES: Meetings: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 
Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, from 9 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT) and Thursday, June 6, 2024, 
from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (CDT). Committee meetings on Wednesday, 
June 5 will include periods during which the Committee will break into 
subcommittees. These meetings may adjourn early if the Committee has 
completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the meeting, submit your written 
comments no later than May 27, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Waterfront Pavilion at Texas 
A&M Maritime Academy, Galveston, Texas. Additional information about 
the facility can be found at: https://www.tamug.edu/directions.html.
    The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee is 
committed to ensuring all participants have equal access regardless of 
disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation due to a 
disability to fully participate, please email Ms. Pamela Moore at 
[email protected] or call at (202) 372-1361 as soon as possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meetings as time permits, but if you want 
Committee members to review your comment before the meeting, please 
submit your comments no later than May 27, 2024. We are particularly 
interested in comments on the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below. 
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal Decision-Making 
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov type USCG-2024-0338 in the search box and click 
``Search''. Next, look for this document in the Search Results column, 
and click on it. Then click on the Comment option. If your material 
cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, email the 
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document for alternate instructions. You must include the docket number 
USCG-2024-0338. Comments received will be posted without alteration at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. You may wish to review the Privacy and Security Notice, found 
via link on the homepage https://www.regulations.gov and DHS's 
eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). If 
you encounter technical difficulties with comment submission, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice.
    Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online 
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following 
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online 
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments 
are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Pamela Moore, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 
Committee, telephone (202) 372-1361, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is in compliance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch. 
10). The Committee was established by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 
4190), and is codified in 46 U.S.C. 15104. The Committee operates under 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 46 U.S.C 
15109. The Committee advises the Secretary of Homeland Security through 
the Commandant, Coast Guard on matters relating to: (a) medical 
certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of 
registry, and merchant mariners' documents; (b) medical standards and 
guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial 
vessels; (c) medical examiner education; and (d) medical research.
    Agenda: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee 
will meet on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, and Thursday, June 6, 2024, to 
review, discuss, deliberate, and formulate recommendations, as 
appropriate on the following topics:

Day 1

    The agenda for the June 5, 2024, meeting is as follows:
    (1) The full Committee will meet briefly to discuss the 
subcommittees' Business and open task statements, which are listed 
under paragraph (11) under Day 2 below.
    (2) The full Committee will meet briefly to introduce the new task 
statements, which are listed under paragraph (6) under Day 2 below.
    (3) During the meeting, subcommittees will separately address and 
work on the following task statements, which are available for viewing 
at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-(nmedmac)/task-
statements:
    (a) Task Statement 23-01, Directed Review and Revision of COMDTINST 
M16721.48, Merchant Mariner Medical Manual;
    (b) Task Statement 24-X2, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and 
Code Seafarer Medical Standards; and
    (c) Task Statement 24-X3, Recommendations for Seafarer Training 
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health.
    (4) Report of subcommittees. At end of the day, the Chair or Co-
Chairs of the subcommittees will report to the full Committee on what 
was accomplished. The full Committee will not take action on this date 
and the Chair or Co-Chairs of the subcommittees will present a full 
report to the Committee on Day 2 of the meeting.
    (5) Adjournment of meeting.

Day 2

    The agenda for the June 6, 2024, meeting is as follows:
    (1) Introduction.
    (2) Designated Federal Officer remarks.
    (3) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
    (4) Adoption of the agenda.
    (5) Acceptance of Minutes from Committee Meeting 6.
    (6) Presentation of New Tasks:
    (a) Task Statement 24-X1, Sharing National Merchant Mariner Medical 
Advisory Committee Recommendations for Mariner Health and Wellness 
through Proceedings Magazine;
    (b) Task Statement 24-X2, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and 
Code Seafarer Medical Standards; and
    (c) Task Statement 24-X3, Recommendations for Seafarer Training 
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health.
    (7) Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing Update.
    (8) Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention Update.
    (9) National Maritime Center Update.

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    (10) U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS)--
Mariner Mental Health Workgroup Presentation--Call to Action.
    (11) Reports from the subcommittee Chair or Co-Chairs. The 
Committee will review the information presented on the following Task 
Statements and deliberate on any recommendations presented by the 
subcommittees, recommendations may be approved and completed tasks may 
be closed. Official action on these topics may be taken:
    (a) Task Statement 21-01, Recommendations on Mariner Mental Health;
    (b) Task Statement 21-02, Communication Between External 
Stakeholders and the Mariner Credentialing Program;
    (c) Task Statement 22-01, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment 
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine;
    (d) Task Statement 23-01, Directed Review and Revision of COMDTINST 
M16721.48, Merchant Mariner Medical Manual;
    (e) Task Statement 24-X1, Sharing National Merchant Mariner Medical 
Advisory Committee Recommendations for Mariner Health and Wellness 
through Proceedings Magazine;
    (f) Task Statement 24-X2, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and 
Code Seafarer Medical Standards; and
    (g) Task Statement 24-X3, Recommendations for Seafarer Training 
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health.
    (12) Public comment period.
    (13) Closing remarks.
    (14) Adjournment of meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-(nmedmac) by May 27, 2024. 
Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meetings 
as the Committee discusses the issues, and prior to deliberations and 
voting. There will also be a public comment period during the meeting 
on June 6, 2024, after reports of the subcommittees, at approximately 
1:00 p.m. (CDT). Public comment will be limited to 3 minutes per 
speaker. Please note that the public comment period will end following 
the last call for comments. Please contact the individual listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to register as a speaker.

    Dated: May 10, 2024.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2024-10629 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
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